The truth about the false allegations against the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje

【 Slandered must be clarified 】 In the spring course of 2022, "The Two Autobiographical Praises of Mikyo Dorje," the Karmapa told the story of the false allegation of the 8th Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje, for several consecutive classes.  The story is that someone wrote a letter in the name of the 8th Karmapa criticizing the Nyingma school, thus causing a great misunderstanding between the two schools.  The 8th Karmapa issued a statement to clarify, but the communication was undeveloped in the old days, and not many people knew about this clarification statement. The following year, the 8th Karmapa passed away, so he was misunderstood and died.  The 17th Karmapa had read the clarification letter of the 8th Karmapa.  He also studied and investigated some materials related to this incident.  There is much evidence to prove that the 8th Karmapa did not write the letter criticizing the Nyingma school, so people misunderstood the 8th Karmapa.   Therefore, the 17th Karma...

The best way to find out if someone is lying is to check with the original documents.  (A) Jane Huang's Posts  a. Jane Huang: 『Taiwan High Court's judgment determines that the Karmapa sex scandal is true』 【Truth】 Jane Huang sued Lodro Rinchen for damage to her reputation in May 2019.  『Taiwan High Court's judgment 』  The judgment of the first instance  『When the plaintiff sued, the second item of the statement of the lawsuit was original: "The defendant should go to the personal page of Lodro Rinchen's Facebook website (@lodrorinchen) and the Facebook page of "Searching for the Truth about the Karmapa Incident" and the Facebook of Mirror Weekly. The  designated  page will pu blish the apology notice as shown in Attachment 3 for three months.” On January 2, 2020, the plaintiff first changed her published statement in a written pleading to read: “The defendant should post on the personal page of Lodro Rinchen's Facebook website ( @lodrorinchen) and the ...

In traditional Chinese culture, people respect sangha because they must accept and obey strict precepts. However, some people do not take any monk or nun’s precepts, but they wear the sangha robe of Chinese Buddhism and accept offerings. These are commonly known as "Fake monks" and "Fake nuns." This kind of behavior is very immoral. Using deceit to confuse others into believing it is valid and obtaining money and goods from believers is an act of deception. 【Nun Precepts】 Chinese Buddhism 『Becoming a Bhikkhuni The progression to ordination as a bhikkhuni is taken in four steps.  A layperson initially takes the Ten Precepts, becoming a śrāmaṇerī or novice.  They then undergo a two-year period following the vows of a śikṣamāṇā, or probationary nun.  This two-year probationary status is not required of monks, and ensures that a candidate for ordination is not pregnant.  They then undergo two higher ordinations (upasampada)—first from a quorum of bhikkhunis, and then ag...